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y April 24, 192s. 1,667,450

V. ZIMMERMAN GAME: v

' Filed Nov. 50. 1926 X f v 6 K /Z /4 Inventor ttorngy Patented Apr.'24, 1928.

' GAME.

Application :filed November 30, l1926. Serial No. 151,776.

vThe present invention relates to `a game having for its principalobject to afford healthy out-of-door exercise, particularly for lies inthe provision a game which when played will entail the use ofsuliicieiit skill to maintain the interest and which willaffordconsiderable amusementand. pleasure.

Another very important object ofthe in-,

vention is to provide a very vsimple andk inexpensive raclret which islight, durable, and otherwise well adapted to ythepurpose for which itis designed.`

Another object of theinvention isto provide an improved missile whichisinexpensive to manufacture, and of a light harmless formation so thatif one of the players isf struck thereby, no injury will be imparted;

lith the above and numerousother objects in view as willappear as thedescripf tion proceeds, the invention resides in cer-k tain novelfeatures of construction, and in the combination and 'arrangement ofparts as will be hereinafter more` fully described and claimed. i

In the drawing p Figure lis a perspective view of a racket and missileused in the gaine. n

Figure 2 is a section through the handle portion of the racket, and c iFigure 3 is asectional view.througlithe Y missile. y

Referring to the drawing in detail kit will be seen that the 4gameconsists generally of two or more rackets for two or more players and asingle missile, and the idea is tomaintain the missile in the air, itbeing struck first by one player and then the next player, and so forth.j

Playing the game in this manner will give the players considerable lighthealthyvexercise in a harmless manner with practically no danger ofinjury to the players.

The racket comprises a bon7 or curved frame 5 having spaced parallelextremities 6 fixed to opposite sides of a filler bar 7. Theseextremities 6 are preferably fixed in place on the bar 7 by screws 8,although other suitable fastening elements may be used; The

bow 5 is constructed preferably of wood, and is bent into the formationshown and described by any `suitable, wood bending process. y

Thestringing 9 in-,t-he'bow or frame 'portion has its various runs crosseach otherto form squares and theruns are all `disposed" obliquely tothe bar and extremities 6. The bar 7 and the extremity 6, of course,forms the handle of the racket. A hook 10 extends from the end of thebar 7 a slight distance into the bow or frame portion 5 so that twoy ofthel runs of the Stringing 9 may be threaded therethrough to maintainthem. in parallelism and at right angles to the remainingr runs as isnecessary in starting andfinishing the Stringing.

n "lfhe numeral 11 denotes a spherical ball which is constructed ofcork,and is provided with a recess 12 in the .peripherythereof into which isscrewed a weight element 14 in the forni of an ordinary woodscrew, sothat the head thereof is countersunk and cannot do any injury in casethe missile should strike some one.V Three feathersl are stuck into' theball l10n the opposite side from theV screw weight element 14 and arearranged in a triangular manner.

The novelty of my improved `device lies particularly inthe constructionof the racket and .in the construction of the missile. It

will bel seen 4that these two parts ofthe game inayybey constructedVvery cheaply Vand are light, yet strong ,and durable to withstand thevusages contemplated. Thus-the gaine may be placed on the market Aat7 avery'lowfy costso to be accessible to a large number of children.

It isthought that the construction,utility. and advantages of the gameand parts tlieref of will beclearly understood by those skilled in this"art without a more detailed description thereof. The present embodimentof the invention has beeiidisclosed in detail merely by wayof examplesince in actual `practice it attains the features ofradvantageenumerated as desirable inthe statement of the ini construction, and inthe combinationv and y arrangement of partsinay be resorted `to" withoutdeparting frointhc spirit or scope of the invention as hereinafterclaimed or sacriieing any of its advantages.

Having` thus described the invention, what I claim as new is A racketcomprising a bowed frame terminating in straight parallel spacedextremities, a filler bar between the extremities, eo-

extensive therewith and fixed thereto, stringing` in the bowed frame,and a hook on one end of the bar and extending into the bowed 10 frameto engage portions of the Stringing.

In testimony whereof I aflix'my signature.

VICTOR ZIMMERMAN.

